Month: August 2026

b.1828–d.1903 William’s marriage to Sarah After their marriage banns had been read in St Mary’s Church, Newington, bricklayer William Underwood was aged 35 when he married 26-year-old spinster Sarah Bird...

Horizontal Tree View - Ancestry  b.1873-d.1909 Background I first looked at Stanley’s story back in 2021.  I found a family that I thought he was possibly related to but I...

1831-1915 Early days William was born in 1831 in Chesterton, Cambridge. His parents were David Wray and his wife Elizabeth Few.  David Wray was a surgeon, and the family lived...

b.1844-d.1923 Childhood Mary Ann Hall was born Mary Ann Jefferies in Bath, Somerset in 1844. Her parents were James Jefferies, a mason’s labourer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Munday).  She...

b.1864-d.1903 Horizontal Tree View - Ancestry Henry’s family Henry’s father John, a farmer, had married Phoebe Williams on 17th April 1860 in St Anne’s Church, Aigburth, Liverpool, Lancaster. Henry, the...

b.1848-d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry  Richard’s parents and siblings According to Richard’s death certificate he was born c1848 and had lived in the Lewisham area. Further research however found...

b.c1851–d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry Very little has been found for the life of this lady other than a possible admission entry for a Mary Ann Edwards into the...

1866-1907 Early days John Vickery was born on 8 July 1866 at 3 Union Terrace, Limehouse in London’s dockland. This was the home of his parents George Vickery, a twine...

b.1864-d.1908 Birth Harry Turner was born in 1864 in the rural village of Belchamp Walter, near Sudbury in Suffolk. He was one of eight children born to Thomas Turner, an...

b.1874? –d.1924 Researching James's story There is a question mark against this man’s birth year, for reasons which I will explain.  The only background information we had to go on...

b.1880-d.1903 Background The Beston family were recorded as such on the censuses, but the children were recorded as Bestin when their births were registered with the General Register Office (GRO). ...

b.c1848-d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry  Background According to his death certificate, John was aged 61 when he died but further research found that he had been born around 1848...

b.c1816-d.1903 Horizontal Tree View - Ancestry  Background Dennis, the son of Patrick and Mary Driscoll, was born c1819 in Cork, Ireland. A possible baptism for him was found in Skibbereen,...

b.1835–d.1902 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/206402948/family?invitetoken=oKwnrmVdd3jlOmKlMI3wMMzVcXD_0FE_ZSDYuxgy2JI= Background According to his death certificate, James was aged 71 when he died but, as research eventually showed, he was only 67 years old. Unfortunately, his death certificate...

b.1865-d.1908 Preface In researching these stories, we have to work backwards from whatever family information we can glean from the individual’s medical notes. Sometimes the information is very sparse and...

b.c1828–d.1902 Vertical Tree View - Ancestry  Background Margaret was born c1828 in the St James Westminster area to Patrick Allen. No baptism record or 1841 Census return have been found...